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“Wherever I found religion in my life I found strife, the attempt of one individual or group to rule another in the name of God. The naked will to power seemed always to walk in the wake of a hymn.”
― Black Boy
― Black Boy
“Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books...”
― Black Boy
― Black Boy
“Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.”
― The Writings of William James: A Comprehensive Edition
― The Writings of William James: A Comprehensive Edition
“But the color of a Negro's skin makes him easily recognizable, makes him suspect, converts him into a defenseless target”
― Black Boy
― Black Boy
“The southern whites would rather have had Negroes who stole, work for them than Negroes who knew, however dimly, the worth of their own humanity. Hence, whites placed a premium upon black deceit; they encouraged irresponsibility; and their rewards were bestowed upon us blacks in the degree that we could make them feel safe and superior.”
― Black Boy
― Black Boy
Ldgreen’s 2025 Year in Books
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